cível
Portuguese, adjective/ˈsi.vew/
cível is spelled C-Í-V-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “civil (related to civil law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao direito civil; civil”.
What does cível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecivil (related to civil law)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao direito civil; civil
noun: 1. jurisdição dos tribunais onde se julgam os processos de natureza civil 2. que não é nobre; baixo, vil
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cível
- cíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cível?
- Brazil /ˈsi.vew/
- Brazil [ˈsi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cível in Portuguese?
cível appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).